Where Is The Most Remarkable Place You've Had A Pint Of Guinness?

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Hi Guys,

Im working with Guinness to chat with Guinness fans online. I thought youd be interested in hearing about an intriguing request direct from Guinness Master Brewer Fergal Murray. As part of Guinness 250th anniversary of signing the lease at St. James gate, Fergal is asking Guinness lovers to tell him where their most remarkable place to drink Guinness would be?

Fergals most remarkable place is the Keg Plant at St. James Gate Brewery, Dublin, home of Guinness and he gives us a sneak peak of his favourite location in this Facebook video. It would be great to hear from you about the most remarkable place youd like to raise a glass of Guinness.

Simply leave a comment on the Facebook link to let us know.

http://www.facebook.com/s.php?ref=search&a...5181&ref=mf

Best wishes,

J

Please drink Guinness responsibly. www.drinkIQ.com <http://www.drinkIQ.com> . www.guinness.com <http://www.guinness.com>
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tekkedup said:
Fergal is asking Guinness lovers to tell him where their most remarkable place to drink Guinness would be?
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Um. In my mouth?

BTW your link goes through to 500 Guinness people. Am I supposed to click on Alec Guinness? Caffe Guinness or some other family member of Guinness ancestry?

Or do you have to be logged into facebook to get this thingy to work?
 
IMO Guinness tast's like :icon_vomit: here, most probably tast's better over there.
 
dj1984 said:
IMO Guinness tast's like :icon_vomit: here, most probably tast's better over there.
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DJ,
Aussie Guinness is certainly different.
Having tasted it around Europe and USA and even in Africa I can say the best pint I ever had was at the top of St James's Gate the day before St Patricks Day 2001.
Or maybe my judgement was clouded by the view! :rolleyes:

Nige
 
In an Irish pub in Prague in '97 - I was astounded at how good it tasted and went back there several times. Apparently they imported from Ireland, so it was the real deal.

I have now come to the realisation that I was doing something very, very silly.
 
Another for St James gate just last year. Also a small pub on the island on Inishmore (on of the aran islands, where father ted was filmed i think) overlooking the water. Very nice.
 
In a mock English pub in Sapa, Nth Vietnam.
 
Anywhere without viral marketing, it makes the beer taste a little sour...;)
 
Don't recall the name of the pub, but it was in the Temple Bar district in Dublin...
Just the best.

Had a draft here in Bundaberg, couldn't tell it from local mega swill.
Just the worst.

Cheers,
Bud
 
Dirty Nellies on the road from Shannon to Limerick

Wes
 
Dublin 1998.
Was taken to a pub in the outskirts somewhere and was told I couldn't leave without having one, which I wasn't happy about as I didn't like the stuff I've had home here.
There It tasted totally different, I had several and just sat back and watched the locals arrive with there flutes, guitars all kinds of instruments, where they sang all night in the haze of cigarette smoke.

It was just oh so Irish, its still horrible here, but the memory is nice.

BB
 
In Dingle, Ireland '95. Like Boilerboy, I hated it here, but had to try it over there. I ended up having about 8 pints of it. Talked with a local family for hours, and then went and had pizza, if I recall correctly, had a shocking hangover the next day!
 
I presume the OP is talking about the rather thin and tasteless nitrokeg version. Our Foreign Extra Stout 6% version however is a very nice drop (not available in the UK and Ireland) and although not quite the calibre of Coopers Stout or Sheaf Stout etc it's a good stout for six bucks a tallie. It's also a historical remnant of the genuine FES tradition where Guinness is still brewed to various high gravity versions in places like Africa and the Caribbean etc. As such it's really an iconic drink much like Coopers Sparkling. I drink it often.

Often on the forum when I hear people knocking local Guinness I wonder if posters are actually aware that there are three entirely different versions of Guinness in Australia
  • The 4.3% version on Nitrokeg
  • The widget can imported from the UK
  • The 6% foreign extra stout which is in tallies and six packs.
Before commenting on Guinness as if it's a uniform beer they should get out and sample all three, I can assure you that eyebrows will be raised.

On topic: Bribie Island RSL, that's about as exotic as it got. :)
Off topic: last night at BABBs meeting mini comp they snuck a tallie of Coopers commercial stout into the judging and it came about fifth for the evening IIRC :D . Moral: brew your own to a good recipe.
 
BribieG said:
Often on the forum when I hear people knocking local Guinness I wonder if posters are actually aware that there are three entirely different versions of Guinness in Australia
  • The 4.3% version on Nitrokeg
  • The widget can imported from the UK
  • The 6% foreign extra stout which is in tallies and six packs.
Before commenting on Guinness as if it's a uniform beer they should get out and sample all three, I can assure you that eyebrows will be raised.

On topic: Bribie Island RSL, that's about as exotic as it got. :)
Off topic: last night at BABBs meeting mini comp they snuck a tallie of Coopers commercial stout into the judging and it came about fifth for the evening IIRC :D . Moral: brew your own to a good recipe.
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Quite like the three stouts I can buy around here .. Guinness FES, Coopers and Carlton's Wheatsheaf. Have no real preference as any stout is good stout in my opinion - the first two in long necks are quite rare in Tuross / Moruya but I always seem to find some on trips away. Had a Wheatie last night - different but still very drinkable !

Don't really fancy the tap / can Guinness - agreeing with you. Flat, insipid .. after the 4th one you barely notice though .. :p

Coopers on got 5th at BABBs - please get me the recipes for the other 4 ! :D
 
My favourite would have been the guinness I poured while doing the tour of St James Gate. Second would be in Edinborough for the 06/07 Hogmanay which got rained out. We spent the night in Scruffy Murphys knocking back pint after pint of the black stuff.... The toilets were not a happy place the next day.
 
BribieG said:
Off topic: last night at BABBs meeting mini comp they snuck a tallie of Coopers commercial stout into the judging and it came about fifth for the evening IIRC :D . Moral: brew your own to a good recipe.
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Actually I think it was even lower...
Rogue Mocha Porter got equal first. Moral: Buy Rogue :)...

Most remarkable place? My Perfect Pint of Guinness. I can pour one. I've got a certificate and everything :)
 
Sorry, but I dont have huge respect for a company that allows such rubbish to to brewed under its name (Especially when Guinness brewed in Ireland is pretty good). Most people I know dont like Guinness - but all they know is the aussie version - :icon_vomit: :icon_vomit:

Its ironic- In Ireland they have little Guinness quality control vans that visit pubs and ensure the Guinness is up to the expected standard. I've seen them on the road. Actually despite their lack of variety - the Irish run pubs very well - beer is always kept well. So having a pint of Guinness in Ireland is always very pleasurable.

Now a pint of brass monkey stout at sail and anchor - thats a dry stout!
 

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